Brussels 02.06.2021 “The gesture and the patience are common points between the one who works the vine and the craftsman who works the material” – French designer Cécile Gray said. Champagne Ruinart blanc de blanc, en coffret Luxe. https://t.co/bs3NvsLSkD pic.twitter.com/5cKvewBuOw — L'Epicerie Fine – La Boutique des Cadeaux Bastia (@epiceriefine2b) May 28, 2021 This month,…
Category: Wine
COVID19: Viticulture counts on EU aid
Sales at British liquor stores leapt a third in March, while those for alcohol at U.S. retailers shot up more than 50% in the week after the country entered a state of national emergency. But the drinks industry isn’t celebrating. The surge in demand came as sales through bars, clubs and restaurants fell to zero…
Art of serving Champagne
Slightest change in temperature can affect your experience of a champagne, flavour even more than with still wines. What is the ideal serving temperature for champagne? Fluctuations seem to change the flavour of sparkling wine to an extend the whole tasting menus have been constructed based on this concept – different dishes have been…
Dated 1774 trio of wine bottles at auction
On Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 2 pm at Jura Enchères, Brigitte Fenaux and Philippe Etiévant, 145 chemin de la Ferté in Lons-le-Saunier, will put on auction the 102 bottles of the cellar of the Commander Grand à Arbois. Jura white wines, one of 1811, others of 1905, all prior to 1967 and, pearls of…
Primeurs of Bordeaux launches ceremony
Once a year an impressive ceremony in the universe of wine brings together Bordeaux producers, traders, buyers, importers and experts during the launch of the famous week of primeurs of Bordeaux. This year, however, the harvest is less abundant, and the wines are more heterogeneous: the gel has passed by, and impacted the harvest. The…
Endangered wild animals receive international protection
African and marine species likely to gain critical international treaty protections with overwhelming support. Lions, leopards, giraffes, chimpanzees, sharks and other key species have received overwhelming support for critical international treaty level protections at the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals,…
EU: 9800 tonnes of food counterfeit seized
EUR 230 million worth of fake food and beverages seized in global OPSON operation targeting food fraud Operation OPSON VI, the joint Europol-INTERPOL operation targeting counterfeit and substandard food and drink, as well as the organised crime networks behind this illicit trade, has resulted in the seizure of 9 800 tonnes, over 26.4 million litres,…
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